Toronto has had NFL ambitions for decades, but when push comes to shove, no-one want to put up the megabucks to make it happen. So, let’s say that Toronto gets an expansion franchise in 2002. There’s only one stadium large enough for them, what’s now called the Rogers Centre. That means Toronto becomes one of the few teams that are still stupid enough to play in a combo stadium. The Argos are probably out right away. They were thinking of moving out of Rogers Centre anyway, so instead of moving into BMO Field, they probably get a purpose built stadium that’s also used for University football, either on the University of Toronto campus on the site of Varsity Stadium, or up at York University in what is now Event Field. The Argos gave up that search when they were offered Rogers Centre for next to nothing. But now the NFL franchise has to deal with MLB scheduling issues. Those drove the Argos nuts towards the end of their Rogers Centre deal when the Jays unexpectedly needed the stadium for playoff games and the Argos had to play in the stadiums of opposing teams.
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